Skip to content
History of Science Museum

Wood-Framed Mechanical Lantern Slide: No. 9 Eclipses Sun/Venus, c.1880

Inventory Number 51765


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.51765

Item type
Object
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 102mm Width: 224mm Depth: 10mm Weight: 171g
Inventory No
51765

Description

A wood-framed lantern cog-wheel turning mechanism lantern slide. The slide is labelled: "No. 9 The Diagram shows the various Eclipses of the Sun with the transit of Venus". The image is painted onto a circular glass panel. The mechanism is attached to the slide with 6 metal screws. The front of the slide is labelled "No. 17".